Episode 142: Messages to our Daughters | Part 1—About Girls and the Sacrament

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Religion & Spirituality, Feminism, Motherhood, Ldswomen, Spirituality, Lds, Thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, Mormonwomen, Religion, Marriage, Mormon, Faith

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

One of the questions Cynthia and Susan hear most often comes from mothers who write, “My daughter is asking when it will be her turn to pass the sacrament….what should I say?” They took this question to listeners and in Episode 142, voices from the ALSSI community share answers. It’s a broad conversation about women and priesthood featuring a diversity of ideas, experiences, and perspectives.

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0:00.0	I'm assuming I don't know the age of of Susan but I'm assuming this was told to her
0:10.3	many many years ago by her mom that that girls get to be moms someday
0:15.6	and that's why they don't have a priesthood. I want to believe that we don't use that
0:19.9	tired line anymore that we know enough now to not compare the two and if we are if
0:25.2	there are still parents who are using that excuse I think what 11 year old girl is
0:30.9	a mother like we're talking about organizational duties for children.
0:37.0	Like, that is icky to me to think that an 11 year old boy gets the priesthood and then we're going to delay the blessings
0:46.8	and responsibilities for that 11 year old girl because when she's 20, 30, 40, maybe never,
0:52.6	she might get the opportunity.
0:53.9	Anyway, do you see what I'm saying?
0:55.4	Like, I do.
0:56.0	I had never really thought of that.
0:57.5	Thank you.
0:58.8	It's so obvious. Hi, I'm Susan Hinckley.
1:05.0	And I'm Cynthia Wynward.
1:10.0	And this is at last she said it.
1:12.0	We are women of faith discussing complicated things.
1:15.3	And the title of today's episode is,
1:17.6	messages to our daughters.
1:20.2	And by daughters we mean collectively, like all the daughters in the church, all of our younger women.
1:28.0	Yeah, I want to broaden that.
1:30.0	Well, we planned this episode because a while back I came across a gorgeous
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